Publications

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Intellectual Property

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1. C Gao, BA Landman, ME Kim. 2024. System and Method of Brain Age Identification for Predicting Neuro-Degenerative Disease. U.S. Patent 63/701,861, filed Oct 1, 2024. Provisional patent.

Publication Highlights

1. C Gao, K Xu, et al. Pitfalls of defacing whole-head MRI: re-identification risk with diffusion models and compromised research potential. Computers in Biology and Medicine (2025)
2. C Gao, et al. Brain age identification from diffusion MRI synergistically predicts neurodegenerative disease. Imaging Neuroscience (2025)
3. C Gao, et al. Field-of-view extension for brain diffusion MRI via deep generative models. Journal of Medical Imaging (2025)
4. C Gao, et al. Characterizing patterns of diffusion tensor imaging variance in aging brains. Journal of Medical Imaging (2024)
5. C Gao, BA Landman, JL Prince, A Carass. Reproducibility evaluation of the effects of MRI defacing on brain segmentation. Journal of Medical Imaging (2023)
6. JT Vogelstein, J Dey, …, C Gao, et al. Simple Lifelong Learning Machines. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2025)
7. C Peter, …, C Gao (in ADSP-PHC Analyst Team), et al. White Matter Abnormalities and Cognition in Aging and Alzheimer Disease. JAMA neurology (2025)
8. A Lorenz, …, C Gao, et al. The effect of Alzheimer’s disease genetic factors on limbic white matter microstructure. Alzheimer’s & Dementia (2025)
9. A Peterson, …, C Gao, et al. Sex and APOE ε4 allele differences in longitudinal white matter microstructure in multiple cohorts of aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s & Dementia (2025)